Monday, 3 November 2008

First of all I would like to apologise for my lack of blogging lately but I will be doing the rounds and visiting all your blogs very soon. I have been unwell for the past 2 weeks with a cold and bad cough but I’m finally on the mend, thank god! I’m such a lousy patient and can’t stand feeling ill and useless. Today was my first batch of baking since coming down with that dreadful cold and it feels so good being able to get into my kitchen again and bake! I have missed my kitchen and my boys have missed my baking. I decided to treat my boys, who have been so good to me whilst I have been unwell and bake one of their favourites, White Chocolate & Cranberry Muffins. I adore the white choc and cranberry combo and these muffins are a mix made in heaven. These would make a luxurious Christmas breakfast treat! I promised to post some more pics of Ollie and below are some recent pics of Ollie which I took a few weeks back, his grown a little more since then but his still as gorgeous and cute as ever!

White Chocolate & Cranberry Muffins

Serves 12

Ingredients

150g plain flour

1 tbsp baking powder

50g caster sugar

60g packet dried cranberries

100g white chocolate, roughly chopped

1 large egg

50g butter, melted

125ml semi-skimmed milk

Preheat the oven to 200ºC/180ºC fan/Gas 6. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper muffin cases. If you don’t have a muffin tin, double up the paper cases and put them on a baking tray. Sift the flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt into a large mixing bowl. Stir in the caster sugar, dried cranberries and white chocolate. Whisk the egg, melted butter and milk together. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and pour in the egg mixture. Mix until the egg is just combined - don’t over mix or the result will be muffins with a tough consistency - it doesn’t matter if the mixture looks a bit funny.Divide the mixture between the muffin cases and bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes, until risen and springy to the touch. Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Ollie is so gorgeous! Sorry to hear you've been unwell. I've had a bad cold and cough this week as well so I haven't been baking very much. I even missed sweet & simple bakes this month, which was disappointing but there's always next time :)

Those muffins look gorgeous, I love white choc & cranberry so I'll be trying these :)

Sorry to hear that you've been sick. I'm starting the same sort of cold/flu thing and feeling decidedly miserable so you have my sympathies!

The muffins do look wonderful, and aren't cranberries a superfood? Full of amazing, health-giving properties? Coupled with the naturally cheering effects of chocolate and you practically have medicine there!

Glad to hear your feeling better Maria, it's just that time of year isn't it.White choc and cranberry are a match made in heaven, I always have cranberry and sour cream muffins over the Christmas period, I'll add chocolate this year.

About Me

Hello and Welcome to The Goddess's Kitchen!
My name is Maria and reside in Surrey, UK. I'm a full time domestic goddess (thanks to my hard working hubby), wife and mother (I love my work). I'm also a nannie to my beautiful grandson called Ollie, who I just love to bits! My other babies are my 2 beautiful but spoilt kitties, Madison and Coco. My passion is cooking and baking and my kitchen is my sanctuary. I love being able to share my love and joy of food with my family, friends and fellow foodie bloggers. I confess to having a "slight" amazon addiction and love to browse and buy beautiful cookbooks and own over 200 cookbooks, a collection which grows regularly!